JULY FREE & CHEAP EVENTS (July 17- July 19, 2015)

JULY FREE & CHEAP EVENTS (July 17- July 19, 2015)

**FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2015**

*Free Day AT Ontario Parks (All Over Ontario) (FREE)
Ontario Parks
Various Locations

Healthy Parks Healthy People Celebration

We invite you to join us at our inaugural Healthy Parks Healthy People celebration on July 17th, 2015 to learn about and celebrate the link between healthy parks and healthy people. During this event there will be no charge for day use entry* to any provincial park in Ontario.

*Charges in addition to regular day use fees still apply for facilities such as swimming pools and equipment rentals.

No. 9: Contemporary Art & the Environment in partnership withToronto of Toronto Historic Sites, is pleased to present the return of the outdoor summer-long Eco-Art-Fest at Todmorden Mills. The festival includes public art installations by Canadian artists, art activities for families and all ages, guided art tours, and musical performances in a licensed outdoor space. The goal is to bring awareness to environmental issues and promote a sustainable lifestyle, while re-imagining how one learns about a historical site through contemporary art programming.

Whether it’s for the chicken wings, live bands or the kids’ zone, local families can attend the first annual Milton Rotary Wingfest.
Thousands are expected to attend the summer festival organized by The Rotary Club of Milton, according to club president Rod McLachlan.

The Downtown Kitchener Ribfest & Craft Beer Show! Presented by Kitchener Honda.
In its 12th year, the 3 day festival boasts mouth-watering BBQ’d RIBS and chicken, CRAFT BEER, LIVE BANDS and family fun in the Victoria Park, Kitchener.

Admission is free but donations to The Food Bank of Waterloo Region accepted at the gate.
Grand River Inflatables presents the KIDS FUN ZONE! And will be running all weekend with various inflatable activities for kids.

Niagara Region Public Health is excited to partner with Open Concept Films’ Moonlight Flicks. We have launched a new campaign called ‘Scream The Truth’ in order to raise awareness to parents and youth about the impact of smoking in movies and youth starting to smoke. Media representatives and community members are invited to attend Lakeside Park for a family movie night. This event will include free swag, food trucks and a screening of ‘The Amazing Spiderman’ provided by Open Concept Films. Movie starts around 9:15 p.m.

The Festival Opening Ceremony and Latin Parade at 2:30 p.m. with the performance of JUNO Nominee Vita Chambers and a terrific show with the best in Latin entertainment, folklore, Kidz Zone and much more!

The Junior Carnival and Family Day event provides its audience and the surrounding community of Malvern the opportunity to experience the cultural presentation of young performers as they participate in their earlier years.
This event engages the three stakeholder groups: Toronto Mas Bands Association, Organization of Calypso Performing Artists, and the Ontario Steelpan Association. This family event is being presented to allow young people to participate as producers, performers, and presenters.

Events of the day will include the following
-Family Area such as a kiddies corner
-Employment Area- job fair ,
-Food Area – marketplace ,
-Educational/promotional area ,
-Entertainment – performance/stage area
-TIFF presents movie in the park

A full day of fun and games for dogs of all skill levels to participate as a team with their human. Geared towards FUN as opposed to obedience, even children can take part with the family pet. There will be three main Olympaws Games including the Breadstick Retrieve Challenge, T-shirt Relay, and the Recall Challenge, complete with an opening ceremony and medals ceremony. Spectators can enjoy watching or taking part in the events to win prizes or just have some good old fun! FREE!

The event will begin with a euphoric parade down world-famous Yonge Street (beginning at Bloor and continuing south to Queens Quay).
The celebrations then will shift to Centre Island for two days of festivities expected to draw close to 40,000 people.
The festival is open to the public.

*Baby Be Good (Toronto)
Jimmie Simpson Park
870 Queen Street East
Toronto, ON

The VandenBerg House is proud to be promoting local artisans and businesses within the community with our “Baby Be Good” pop-up market.
All the vendors included will have every necessity from baby and children clothing to organic skin cream and formula.

We will have live indie and jazz music that will completely de-stress you while your children take part in the many activities we have planned. This includes: Face painting, Sing Alongs, Kids Yoga, Hoola Hoop, etc.
So whether rain or shine, come down and make our event into your own family event. Bring your blankets and umbrellas and stay with us for awhile.. See you there!

*Family Day at Halton County Radial Railway (Halton)
Halton County Radial Railway
13629 Guelph Line
Milton, ON

The Halton County Radial Railway (HCRR) is a full-size operating electric railway and museum, featuring historic electric railcars operating on two kilometers of scenic track.
The HCRR is owned and operated by the Ontario Electric Railway Historical Association (OERHA), a non-profit, educational organization. The HCRR is proud to be Ontario’s first and largest electric railway museum.
Come ride the streetcars, play games, see the displays, and eat some great food. This year, featuring Jane Mullis, author of Paul the Pigeon; there will be a reading and book signing, so bring your copy or buy one in the Gift Shop.

The Downtown Kitchener Ribfest & Craft Beer Show! Presented by Kitchener Honda.
In its 12th year, the 3 day festival boasts mouth-watering BBQ’d RIBS and chicken, CRAFT BEER, LIVE BANDS and family fun in the Victoria Park, Kitchener.

Admission is free but donations to The Food Bank of Waterloo Region accepted at the gate.
Grand River Inflatables presents the KIDS FUN ZONE! And will be running all weekend with various inflatable activities for kids.

Faith Five Fellowship of Ministries’ invites you to join in the fun for their 6th Annual Community Family FUN Day! The day will be filled with prizes, face painting, a jumping castle, BBQ and more. Admission is a non-perishable food item for a local food bank. Expect great fun for the whole family, and with you there, it’ll undoubtedly be the best year yet!

Community pizza party with fun, games and promotions for the entire family to enjoy, including:
-Pepperoni and cheese pizza slices, fries and onion rings will be sold for 99 cents
-$5 Pizza Pizza Club 11-11 gift cards will be awarded to the first 50 people to arrive

This competition encourages participants to create something clever and imaginative out of sand.
This festival, a TO2015 IGNITE community partnership with the City of Oshawa, celebrating the diversity by bringing us together in the many ways that sand plays an integral role in all of our lives. Lakeview Park is the ideal venue to host a signature event like this that will create fun and recreational activities around sand as our common theme.
The competition is open to kids from middle school through high school age, as well as mixed use groups like churches, businesses, families and civic groups. The competition will be held Saturday, July 18th, 2015, and teams can work on their sculptures between the hours of 9:00 am to 2:30 pm. Judging will begin promptly at 2:30 pm and will last until 3 pm after which the winners will be announced. This event will go on, rain or shine.
Each sculpture will be judged from all angles and looked at for Panam/ Parapanam theme, originality, technical difficulty, artistic execution and carving technique. First, second, third and people choice place teams will receive prizes.
Plots for each sculpture will be assigned once teams arrive on site for the event; team arrival time is 8:30 am. Forms can be used to create the sculpture but cannot be utilized in the final creation. Moreover teams cannot combine their sites.
For the past years, this great family event has attracted many of contestants and spectators to the beautiful sands of Lakeview Oshawa Beach. The event starts at 8:30 a.m. For the competitors, there’s a new twist this year. Organizers will bury a plastic starfish in the sand the night before the competition. Those who dig one up while building their sand creations will win a prize! Among the judges will be Oshawa Regional & City Councilor Bob

Join us for a full day of AMAZING Radio Controlled Airplane flying! Large scale airplanes, jets, turbine powered gliders and more! Be up front and personal with your very own airshow! Meet the pilots and see their planes up close! Ali Machinchy, world renowned demonstration pilot from Great Britain (look him up on YouTube) will be joining us and showing off his incredible flying skills. Enjoy pilot competitions like the Limbo and Timed Loops along with events for the kids like the Candy Drop and Paper Airplane Distance Flying competition! Lunch is available – burgers, hot dogs, fresh cut French fries and pop! A great family outing! Bring your cameras to capture some incredible images and flying that you will be talking about for some time to come!

*Family Fun Day (Aurora)
11am-4pm
Hillary House National Historic Site
15372 Yonge Street

Head over to Hillary House for country fair style games (bean bag toss, ring toss, croquet, and more!).
We’ll serve BBQ, water, pop, coffee, and tea. The Tennis in Canada exhibit is open, and admission will be collected by donation.

Come to the annual Around the World Multicultural event for a taste of culture! Enjoy a day outdoors taking in food, dance, music, theatre, and information booths from many different cultures. Admission is free.

The event will begin with a euphoric parade down world-famous Yonge Street (beginning at Bloor and continuing south to Queens Quay).
The celebrations then will shift to Centre Island for two days of festivities expected to draw close to 40,000 people.
The festival is open to the public.

*Baby Be Good (Toronto)
Jimmie Simpson Park
870 Queen Street East
Toronto, ON

The VandenBerg House is proud to be promoting local artisans and businesses within the community with our “Baby Be Good” pop-up market.
All the vendors included will have every necessity from baby and children clothing to organic skin cream and formula.

We will have live indie and jazz music that will completely de-stress you while your children take part in the many activities we have planned. This includes: Face painting, Sing Alongs, Kids Yoga, Hoola Hoop, etc.
So whether rain or shine, come down and make our event into your own family event. Bring your blankets and umbrellas and stay with us for awhile.. See you there!

The Downtown Kitchener Ribfest & Craft Beer Show! Presented by Kitchener Honda.
In its 12th year, the 3 day festival boasts mouth-watering BBQ’d RIBS and chicken, CRAFT BEER, LIVE BANDS and family fun in the Victoria Park, Kitchener.

Admission is free but donations to The Food Bank of Waterloo Region accepted at the gate.
Grand River Inflatables presents the KIDS FUN ZONE! And will be running all weekend with various inflatable activities for kids.